My idea is based around the life of a small group of teenagers growing up around Manchester and the influences they face that may draw them down a dark path.
The film would focus on one main character and up to four supporting characters. The main character is a sixth former and trying to pass his A level exams but is a struggling student. His mates outside of school are dropouts who spend most of the day hanging out around their local area, drinking smoking and causing a bit of trouble. The main character gets drawn further into this crowd and begins to fail more and more as a result of what he gets up to in his spare time.
Eventually he begins to use drugs and is spending most of his money on getting his weekly supply. He and his mates don't work so in order to get the drugs they start doing favours for the local supplier. This brings the main character into the dark underworld of Manchester where he unwittingly becomes part of the local drug gang doing their work and being paid in cash and drugs.
Throughout the film the audience will see how easily wrong decisions can wreck a persons life both academically and socially as we see the character eventually be kicked out of school and distance himself from friends and family, eventually getting in trouble with the police and other gangs. We will see the violence around it and witness the breakdown of a human being.
I believe that this is a good premise for a British Drama as it has the potential to use all of the main conventions such as low key lighting, the use of drugs and alcohol as well as violence. I would rather avoid using discrimination in the film as I think it is a convention that we should go against as it appeals to a wider audience.
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